Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Issued

Jul 16, 2012, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Salt Lake City, UT

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Kane County, UT

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

372 
WGUS55 KSLC 162055
FFWSLC
UTC025-170000-
/O.NEW.KSLC.FF.W.0013.120716T2055Z-120717T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
255 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY IN UTAH
  THIS INCLUDES BUCKSKIN GULCH AND THE PARIA RIVER

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE BUCKSKIN GULCH AREA. THIS WILL 
  LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH SLOT CANYONS WITHIN THIS 
  AREA. 

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT HIGHWAY 
  89 BETWEEN KANAB AND BIG WATER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3713 11200 3710 11187 3700 11191 3700 11211

$$

MPS

780 
WGUS75 KSLC 162244
FFSSLC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
444 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

UTC025-170000-
/O.CON.KSLC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KANE UT-
444 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR 
BUCKSKIN GULCH IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY RESULTING IN 
FLASH FLOODING THROUGH BUCKSKIN GULCH. THIS WILL LIKELY ABATE BY 
EARLY THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3713 11200 3710 11187 3700 11191 3700 11211

$$

MPS

189 
WGUS75 KSLC 162358
FFSSLC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
558 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

UTC025-170007-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120717T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KANE UT-
558 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT FOR COYOTE 
VALLEY AND BUCKSKIN GULCH IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANE COUNTY...

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER FLASH FLOODING HAS LIKELY ENDED...THUS THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 
DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH...AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 
POSSIBLE. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3713 11200 3710 11187 3700 11191 3700 11211

$$

MPS

Flash Flood Warnings in Utah, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.